[Air-L] [IPSA 2023] Open panel on disinformation

[Victor Piaia]

Hi!



We would like to invite you to submit papers for the Open Panel *The
Landscape and Strategies to Combat Disinformation in Comparative
Perspective
<https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/panel/landscape-and-strategies-combat-disinformation-comparative-perspective>*
*,* which will take place at the *IPSA World Congress* in Buenos Aires,
July 15-19, 2023.



Submissions can be made until January 18, through the event website
<https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/home>.



Here is the summary of the panel:



*The Landscape and Strategies to Combat Disinformation in Comparative
Perspective*



*The social transformations that affected the functioning of politics in
the global scenario in the last decade have been raising warnings about the
survival of democratic regimes, especially with the emergence of actors and
political groups that do not show appreciation nor commitment to democracy.
Social rights backlash, polarization and fierce conflicts within civil
society are impacting policy outcomes, all in the midst of the emergence
and increasingly central force of the internet and social media as spaces
of power struggles. Disinformation, hateful, intolerant and polarizing
speeches have been mobilized as a political propaganda strategy that goes
beyond electoral contexts. In this perspective, and taking into account the
oscillations in time and in the different regional and local realities, it
is in the interest of this space to foster this discussion and identify the
role of civil society, agents and political institutions, and how social
science and political science can contribute to a more purposeful agenda,
in order to amplify voices and dialogues for coping strategies for these
phenomena.*



Best regards!



Sabrina and Victor